The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2018

In a move to blanket the Internet with encrypted website traffic, Google is moving forward with its insistence that straggling website publishers adopt HTTPS Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Related: How PKI can secure IoT. DigiCert supplies SSL/TLS certificates and other PKI solutions for securing web traffic and the Internet of Things.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 6, 2021

Forescout Research Labs last month released a 14-page white paper and a 47-page research report detailing 33 vulnerabilities affecting millions of Internet of Things (IoT), Operational Technology (OT), and IT devices. The four TCP/IP protocol layers are the link layer, internet layer , transport layer, and application layer.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

All kidding aside, in a bizarre turn of events, owners of robot vacuums across the U.S. The flaw has exposed the widely distributed smart vacuums to manipulation by bad actors, raising concerns about the cybersecurity of internet-connected home devices. What did the robot vacuum say to its homeowner? The video is unnerving.

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Elie

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This post provides a retrospective analysis of Mirai — the infamous Internet-of-Things botnet that took down major websites via massive distributed denial-of-service using hundreds of thousands of compromised Internet-Of-Things devices. At its peak, Mirai enslaved over 600,000 vulnerable IoT devices, according to our measurements.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT. Digital technology and connected IoT devices have proliferated across industries and into our daily lives. Finally, IoT devices are being used extensively in smart vehicles and home appliances to provide enhanced user experiences. Threat vectors on IoT.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Seismic monitoring equipment is vulnerable to common cybersecurity threats like those faced by IoT devices, a new research paper warns. Hackers could trigger ‘fake earthquakes,’ affecting emergency and economic responses to a seismic event, and generate mistrust in seismic technology among the population, the researchers say.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

In the early days of the Internet, coders created new programs for the sake of writing good code, then made it available for anyone to use and extend, license free. However, once the commercial Internet took hold, developers began leveraging open-source components far and wide in proprietary systems.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2021

Physical security is the protection of people, property, and physical assets from actions and events that could cause damage or loss. Physical security definition. Though often overlooked in favor of cybersecurity, physical security is equally important. And, indeed, it has grown into a $30 billion industry.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With large-scale security crises being one of the most relevant threats worldwide, it’s more important than ever to reflect on past events, assess emerging threats, and, most crucially, explore strategies to prevent future incidents. A potentially more impactful threat lies in the satellite internet access supply chain.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2019

Security information and event management, or SIEM, could yet turn out to be the cornerstone technology for securing enterprise networks as digital transformation unfolds. Related: Autonomous vehicles are driving IoT security innovation. Related: How NSA cyber weapon could be used for a $200 billion ransomware caper. Poor usage.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Within the last couple of months, smart device vulnerabilities have been piling up, prompting businesses to protect their Internet of Things (IoT) environments. While Teslas aren’t the typical business IoT device, their connection to the internet makes them a cyber threat as much as your business’s other IoT technology.

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SecureList

JULY 6, 2022

Among the various offensive security techniques, vulnerability assessment takes priority when it comes to analyzing the security of IoT/IIoT devices. The vulnerability assessment of IoT/IIoT devices is based on analyzing their firmware. name: HiSilicon :description: To run Linux on HiSilicon using sysbus $name?="HiSilicon"

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

In December 2018, security experts from Trend Micro discovered that some machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols can be abused to attack IoT and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. Change the default username and passwords for all network devices, especially IoT devices.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And while Ampol’s history goes back a century, they are a modern organization, using internet of things (IoT) technology across operational and retail locations, with sensors on everything from electric vehicle charging units to fuel tank gauges to transportation trucks to refrigeration units inside retail stores.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Physical security is the protection of personnel and IT infrastructure (such as hardware, software, and data) from physical actions and events that could cause severe damage to an organization. Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security. Earlier this month I spoke at a cybersecurity conference in Albany, N.Y. National Security Agency.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

What’s driving the security of IoT? There are so many reasons why manufacturers connect their products to the Internet, whether it’s industrial machines, medical devices, consumer goods or even cars. First off, connected vehicles and IoT devices are highly attractive targets to hackers. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Some four years ago hackers entered an unnamed casino’s data network by exploiting IoT devices in a lobby fish tank. Today’s columnist, Ian Ferguson of Lynx Software Technologies, offers advice on how to lock down IoT systems. The term “the internet of things” was coined by Kevin Ashton in 1999. Bring the experts in.

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Hacker Combat

APRIL 1, 2022

A feature adopted by a large number of manufacturers in the recent past is the addition of the internet and related features to their units. UPS units were mostly offline until recently, humming away under desks or in equipment and server rooms, waiting for the chance to fulfill their duty in the event of a power outage.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott ; and via the organizations YouTube channel. The post USENIX Security ’23 – Internet Service Providers’ And Individuals’ Attitudes, Barriers, And Incentives To Secure IoT appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

speaks during an Apple event with imagery of the Apple Watch above. The rapid growth of IoT over the past decade has sent billions of poorly-secured widgets and gadgets into the homes of consumers. Many cheap, commercial IoT devices tend to leak out radio frequency data as they beacon back to previously connected networks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

At the time of discovery, the data store contained 226 million logged events, resulting in 1.2 Those logs were mainly attributable to cybersecurity software such as Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). Terabytes of data, which was being updated in real-time.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Sports fans aren’t the only ones who are looking forward to this event. It’s not like bad actors haven’t taken an interest in major sporting events before. That’s why it announced it would pursue two measures designed to strengthen its national digital security posture ahead of these sporting events.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

IoT Vulnerabilities: With the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the number of IoT-related cyber attacks is expected to increase by 25% in 2024. Recent Security Events Recent cyber security events have highlighted the persistent and evolving nature of online threats.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

That attack was 140 percent larger than a 1 Tbps attack in 2020 and larger than any similar event ever detected on the Azure public cloud, they said. IoT Devices Multiply Attacks. IoT vulnerabilities must be quickly remediated in order to eradicate the risk of them being used in cyberattacks.”. Gaming Industry a Top DDoS Target.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Most likely you didn’t pause before you clicked, and got phished or compromised in some other way–possibly by an internet of things device connected to your home network. If you use IoT devices, create a separate network on your router for them since they aren’t always the most secure connections to the outside world.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2024

Chalubo (ChaCha-Lua-bot) is a Linux malware that was first spotted in late August 2018 by Sophos Labs while targeting IoT devices. “Our analysis revealed that one specific ASN had a drop of roughly 49% in the number of devices exposed to the internet.” Threat actors aimed at creating a botnet used to launch DDoS attacks.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2022

Over 50 countries sign the “Declaration for the Future of the Internet” Watch out for these 3 small business cybersecurity mistakes. The post A week in security (May 2 – 8) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2023

Leaked credentials could have been used for credential stuffing attacks, which try to log into companies’ internet-connected tools such as VPN portals, HR management platforms, or corporate emails. The data was publicly accessible for 5 months, as the leak was first indexed by IoT search engines on January 31st, 2023.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2018

“During the 0DAYALLDAY Research Event a vulnerability was discovered ( CVE-2018-5560 ) in the Guardzilla Security Video System Model #: GZ521W. “The Guardzilla IoT-enabled home video surveillance system contains a shared Amazon S3 credential used for storing saved video data. . SecurityAffairs – Guardzilla, IoT).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

With 5G networks, billions of devices and IoT (the internet of things) are interconnectible — leading to use cases like smart cities, AR/VR on mobile networks, remote medicine and much more. Current and future vulnerabilities of the existing internet infrastructure are only exacerbated.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Attend this London event next month for the latest on how security researchers are finding (and solving) security vulnerabilities in all of your favorite Internet-connected devices.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 16, 2021

Privacy for shared security including social media, smart devices, applications and IoT. Offering prescriptive advice to everyday internet users in a less technical and more accessible manner. Weekly interview series and discussion on the latest events in technology, security, privacy, and government. Speakeasy Security – ESET.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Paine emphasized the sensitive nature of some user entries: “Of particular interest – the leaked information included sensitive details regarding their MQTT (a common standard messaging protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT) server,” he said. Data breaches appear to be common events these days.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2022

MCCrash enumerates default credentials on Internet-exposed Secure Shell (SSH)-enabled devices. “The botnet’s spreading mechanism makes it a unique threat, because while the malware can be removed from the infected source PC, it could persist on unmanaged IoT devices in the network and continue to operate as part of the botnet.”

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

My most recent two books, Data and Goliath -- about surveillance -- and Click Here to Kill Everybody -- about IoT security -- are really about the policy implications of technology. Policy is often driven by exceptional events, like the FBI's desire to break the encryption on the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As CNBC rightly outlines, the internet is already only semi-accessible when it comes to people living with disability. IoT vulnerabilities. The IoT relies on data-sharing. This makes them susceptible to attack, and as ZDNet outlines, there have been countless new vulnerability exploiting tools constructed just to attack the IoT.

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